Africa and Asia’s Food Security ‘Tipping Point’ & the Hope for Collaborative Solutions this World Food Day
Samira Amella, Director-General/ CEO CropLife Africa and Middle East In a year when the World…
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Health
Latest health stories from across Kenya.
Amiran introduces 4-6 weeks soil PH adjuster
By George Munene Soil pH refers to the measure of the acidity (sourness) or alkalinity…
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KALRO selling 45 Kg disease tolerant tissue culture banana
By George Munene Banana is an important staple food and cash crop in Kenya with…
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Kenya’s deadliest goat disease costing nearly Sh1/4m per 100 goats in Turkana
By George Munene Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP), a highly infectious disease of the respiratory tract,…
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Digital Transformation Key For Manufacturers to Survive COVID-19
Many organizations are still using legacy IT and have shied away from digital transformation
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Diet is critical to cow health in weeks before calving
By George Munene If you are looking to run a professional dairy enterprise, steaming-up is…
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How To Handle Rejection
Rejection is painful and nobody should ever go through it, but life does not always give you what you want and that’s something you have to accept. I choose to see it as a learning experience because it helps you to develop a thick skin…
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The Beauty Of Vulnerability
“I want to paint vulnerability on canvas and show it to children, and I want them to marvel at it and be washed in it because truly, in all my living, being sensitive is the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced.” ~Christopher…
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Hermetic bags transform grain storage, cutting costs, losses and aflatoxin
By Jolene Njambi Farmers are cutting costs on post-harvest pesticides, and slashing crop losses and…
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Coronavirus has stress-tested our food systems, and many are set to fail
By Eric Kimunguyi, CEO, Agrochemical Association of Kenya Coronavirus has brought enormous setbacks, suffering, and…
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Govt issuing e-vouchers for 60% of fertiliser, chemicals for smallholders
By Jolene Njambi The government is launching e-vouchers to give smallholders discounts of up to…
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Farmers get fast-track aflatoxin tests to save crops as shortage looms
By Lydia Gichuki With a shortage of maize looming, farmers are turning to test kits…
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7 Remedies To Treat A Common Cold At Home
Having a cold can be extremely uncomfortable. The congested chest, fever, throat irritation, and headache is more than enough to put you down for bed rest. However, there are a few things that you can do to ease the irritation as your cold…
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Things You Should Know About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A friend of mine narrated to us a story once that made us laugh until we started to cry, until we realised that it was a mental illness. The shower in her bathroom was spoiled and was emitting smoke and fire sparks. Initially, she would…
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Health: 9 Things That Can Prevent A Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Many people get urinary tract infections (UTI) at some point in their lives. While UTIs are more common in women they can occur in children and men too. A urinary tract infection can affect any part of the urinary system that is, the…
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How To Manage Your Emotions Effectively
“You have to train your mind to be stronger than your emotions, or else you will lose, every single time.” If there’s anything that I’ve learnt in my few years on this earth, it’s that life is unfair. Bad things will happen to you, and…
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Mental And Health Benefits Of Crying
For as long as I can remember, I have suffered from anxiety. One time I had hyperthyroidism and the doctors attributed it partly to my crisis management and stress levels. In my family, it is clear that anxiety is in our genes. Habits such…
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Health: Habits That Are Harmful To Your Brain
The brain is the body’s powerhouse. In the age of self-awareness and self-development, we get tips from every channel on how to live healthily. Often brain health is forgotten. It is human nature to indulge in the very activities that you…
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Why Kenya must now learn the meaning of a hazard and of a risk: or die
The modern world is built on chemicals, be it medicines we apply, or cleaning fluids,…
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Government intensifies marketing, distribution of Aflasafe to help farmers fight aflatoxin
Kenyan farmers will now be able to access Aflasafe, a natural product that fights aflatoxin…
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The Power Of Manifestation: How To Attract What You Want In Life
If there’s anything I’m begging you to do while reading this post, it’s to have an open mind. Because without that, you may just think I’m disillusioned. But that’s a risk that I’m willing to take, having seen and experienced first-hand…
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Simple farm tool enables farmers maintain soil health, improve yields
Small scale farmers in Kenya and other parts of Africa who relied on traditional jembe…
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Body Image: Fat Shaming vs Skinny Shaming
When the “Black lives matter” campaign was a hot topic, white people came on to say that white lives matter too. When feminism campaigns were at their peak, a few men came up to say that the boy child had been neglected. When fat people…
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FPC Kenya invites farmers and traders for free training on pesticides and food safety
In response to the increasing concerns and the urgency to ensure compliance on fresh produce…
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